The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced four grants this week totaling $17,500 for stream restoration, habitat enhancement, and recreational enhancement activities on waterways located in the Tulpehocken and Quittapahilla Creek watersheds in Berks and Lebanon counties.

The grants are funded through a settlement agreement between the PFBC and AES Ironwood, L.L.C. related to the operation of an electric generation facility located in South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County. The grant program will continue on an annual basis throughout the life of the AES Ironwood Power Plant.

A grant of $10,000 to the Lebanon Valley Conservancy, Inc. will be used for stabilization of a portion of Snitz Creek in Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County. $6,000 will go to the Berks County Parks and Recreation Department to address streambank erosion, stormwater runoff impacts, and aquatic habitat enhancement on approximately 1,400 feet of Tulpehocken Creek, Spring Township, Berks County.

A grant of $1,000 went to the Marion Township Rod and Gun Club for fall stocking of trout in approximately 1.4 miles of Tulpehocken Creek in Jackson Township, Lebanon County and Marion Township, Berks County. A $500 grant was made to the Izaak Walton League of America, Berks County Chapter for shoreline erosion control in Blue Marsh Lake.

10/15/2004